Jurors this year included Prologue's Simon Clowes, Karin Fong, and MK12's Ben Radatz (also a contributor to this site). Both Clowes and Radatz themselves had title sequences in competition this year – Destiny and Semi-Permanent Sydney 2014 – while Fong’s former company Imaginary Forces had Manhattan in the mix. As a result, both Destiny and Semi-Permanent were ineligible for the Jury prize.

As in past years, the scope of submitted work was outstanding, with sequences from television, film, conferences, and video games represented. In fact, 2015 was the first year in which two game title sequences were a part of the competition. Looks like we may have been onto something last year!

Returning finalists include Elastic (2014 winner for True Detective), Alma Mater (2014 Special Jury Recognition for The Lego Movie), Filmograph, and Imaginary Forces. Joining them this year are Mill+, Sarofsky, Prologue, yU+co, Creative Assembly, and Lobo, as well as an exciting range of newcomers and independent designers (like No-Domain, Coat of Arms, Chris Tozer and Marko Anstice, Jerred North, and Maribel Martinez Galindo.)

This was also the first year since 2010 that Art of the Title hasn't attended the SXSW Title Design Awards. We regret that we couldn’t be there to celebrate this amazing artform. Here’s to 2016!